By NFIB Oregon The increasing threat of cybersecurity breaches are affecting small businesses in a big way. As with everything, knowledge is the power to protect yourself, which is why NFIB is encouraging its members in the Bend and Medford areas to attend a free, two-hour presentation by nationally recognized […]

NIKE’s slowdown in China is a bellwether for other firms in America. It impacts businesses down the chain.You can see their stock changes to the right on the video. See CNN Money report below:

“[H]igher education has literally never been more flush with cash than it is today, even after adjusting for the effects of inflation. The bottom line is that institutions have made no significant efforts whatsoever to keep their expenses in check. If you want to keep college affordable, this should be […]

By Portland Business Alliance The Portland Business Alliance board of directors today announced its positions on a number of ballot measures and its endorsement of several candidates. A complete list is below. Dennis Rawlinson, chair of the Alliance’s board of directors and firm chair of Miller Nash, made the following […]

Who’s hiring in Oregon? — Where the new jobs are By Oregon Small Business Association Consumer Cellular opens 650 jobs When T-Mobile closed its call center earlier this year, 359 workers lost their jobs. Those employees were offered positions at other T-Mobile locations. But now they have another option. Consumer […]

Oregon Unemployment Aug. 2012 By Josh Lehner Oregon Office of Economic Analysis Blog Just a few updates on Oregon (un)employment following the Employment Department’s release of August 2012 data this morning. With the strong gains seen in recent months in the payroll data (survey of businesses), employment is now tracking […]

National Labor Relations Board Finds Rule Prohibiting Electronic Posting of Damaging Statements Illegal By Nelson Atkin Barran Liebman Oregon Law Firm National Labor Relations Board Finds Rule Prohibiting Electronic Posting of Damaging Statements Illegal In a continuing series of decisions attempting to expand employee’s labor rights, the National Labor Relations […]

By Career Builder, A new generation of professionals entering management means the correlation between seniority and leadership could be disappearing. One third (34 percent) of U.S. workers say their boss is younger than they are and 15 percent say they work for someone who is at least ten years younger, […]

The Wall Street Journal reviews the ups and downs of America’s billionaires based from Forbes’ recent listing. The most notable fall is Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who saw his rank go from 14 to 36. Watch the Wall Street Video below.

By U.S. Chamber of Commerce Here are the top ten economically most-free countries according to the latest Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) report published by Canada’s Fraser Institute and the Cato Institute: 1. Hong Kong 2. Singapore 3. New Zealand 4. Switzerland 5. Australia 6. Canada 7. Bahrain 8. […]